Street Dogs perform at AFL-CIO

Street Dogs and Wayne Kramer of MC5 recently visited the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, in Washington, DC. The organization is a federation of labor unions currently pushing a movement to get more young people involved.

Check out a video of their performance below that also features pieces of the meeting and commentary from the band.

Street Dogs hit the studio

Punk rockers Street Dogs will be hitting the studio this month to record their newest release. After wrapping up some extensive touring with The Offspring, Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag and hitting the UK, the guys seem to be ready to get the tracks they wrote on the road laid down.

If you haven't heard of Street Dogs, you should know they are fronted by Mick McColgan- former Dropkick Murphys singer. And! Rick Barton, original Dropkick guitarist, is going to be producing the album with Street Dogs' bassist Johnny Rioux.

The album will be recorded at the Blasting Room in Colorado. This studio was built by members of the Descendants, All and Black Flag- digging deep into punk rock roots. Basically, I'm just trying to drive the point home that this album will friggin' rule.

Bassist Johnny Rioux says

Our next and fifth record will capture the purest form of the band to date. We are making it as if it were our first record. The punk and hardcore songs will be MORE punk and hardcore. Our Celtic influence and songs will be more Celtic, the folk, folkier and so on. It's almost as if we are making records in the reverse of most bands. Ending up back at square one, and square one never sounded better. Basically, we want to make our new favorite record.

Jump on checking them out and give the video below a peep to see what's in store!

Street Dogs and New Songs

Word on the street (sorry, I just couldn't help myself) is that Street Dogs are in the middle of some new tunes. According to the band's twitter, they just wrapped up:

My deductive intuition tells me that new songs are recorded and should be in final part of the first stage of production. I think. It would be safe to say that mixing is just now getting off the ground. Seeing as the band is on tour for the rest of the year, Round 1 of (for real) Production will probably happen in the new year.

Their current tour WRECK THE HALLS will take you all the way through December 20th, with a few goodies booked after the holidays through January 2nd.

Dec 9 - Walter's on Washington. Houston, TX
Dec 11- The Social. Orlando, FL
Dec 12- The Masquerade. Atlanta, GA
Dec 14- Cat's Cradle. Carrboro, NC
Dec 15- Jewish Mother. Virginia Beach, VA
Dec 16- Black Cat. Washington, DC
Dec 17- North Star Bar. Philadelphia, PA
Dec 18- The Gramercy Theatre. New York, NY
Dec 19- Paradise Rock Club. Boston, MA
Dec 20- Paradise Rock Club. Boston, MA

With Revered Horton Heat
Dec 28- Marquee Theatre. Tempe, AZ
Dec 29- House Of Blues. Las Vegas, NV
Dec 30- House Of Blue. Anaheim, CA
Dec 31- House Of Blue. Anaheim, CA

Jan 2- Downtown Brew. San Luis Obispo, CA